Rory McIlroy makes wayward start to The Players Championship, sits 12 shots off lead at TPC Sawgrass
Rory McIlroy went straight from the final green to the driving range in a bid to find the solution to the issues that saw him slump to an opening round of 76 at The Players Championship. McIlroy arrived at TPC Sawgrass in a positive frame of mind after coming up just short in a final-round charge at the Arnold Palmer Invitational last weekend. Ad Bay Hill has a reputation for sapping energy from those fighting it out at the finish on Sunday, while a seven-hour board meeting to discuss the future direction of the PGA Tour would not have been the ideal preparation for The Players.


